The story of Monkey D. Luffy's journey to become the Pirate King has captured the hearts of millions of fans around the world. What began as a manga has grown into a full-fledged franchise, with the anime series being the most popular spin-off. The anime series also spans several animated films, with the 15th, One Piece Film: Red, recently announced. The film is already playing in Japanese theaters, so American and British audiences are wondering when they can see it, and at Proximité Japon, we now have all the answers for you.

One Piece Film: Red will be the 15th One Piece animated film and a tie-in to the main anime series. The film was announced on November 21, 2021, to commemorate the release of episode 1000 and will be released on August 6, 2022, in Japan. Crunchyroll has licensed the film for release in English-speaking countries and has scheduled its theatrical release for fall 2022.

The rest of this article will provide you with all the known and unknown information related to the Western release of One Piece Film: Red, the 15th One Piece animated film. You'll discover the official release date, if there's a trailer, what the story will be about, and much more about this recently released animated film.

One Piece Movie: Red – US and UK Release Date

On November 21, 2021, the 1000th episode of the One Piece anime series was officially released. This is a major milestone, as few anime series air long enough to reach the 1000-episode mark. It was certainly a cause for celebration, and the show's producers had a very special announcement for us that day.

It was announced that a new One Piece anime film, the 15th overall, would be released on August 6, 2022. It was also revealed that the film would be supervised and produced by Eiichiro Oda, the author of the One Piece manga. Gorō Taniguchi, who previously directed the OVA One Piece – Defeat Him! The Pirate Ganzack (released in 1998, 24 years before the film's planned release and over a year before the release of Episode 1 of the anime), was hired as the film's director from a script written by Tsutomu Kuroiwa.

The film has had its Japanese premiere and is currently playing in Japanese theaters, but when will it be released in the US and UK? Well, that's really a million-dollar question right now, since we don't have a proper release date, but we do have some information for you. Namely, we know that Crunchyroll has licensed the film for a theatrical release in the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

When? Well, Crunchyroll gave us a very non-specific “Fall 2022” release date, which is a relatively broad release window, but it’s coming soon, so we don’t really have to worry too much. That’s all we know for now about the film’s Western release date. However, if you’re in France or Germany and Austria, you’ll be able to watch the film starting August 10th and October 13th, respectively.

As for other countries, here is the list of known release dates by country and/or region:

• Japan: August 6, 2022
• France: August 10, 2022
• Morocco: August 10, 2022
• Tunisia: August 10, 2022
• Algeria: August 10, 2022
• Taiwan: August 19, 2022
• Thailand: August 25, 2022
• Singapore: September 2, 2022
• Germany: October 13, 2022
• Austria: October 13, 2022
• Middle East: November 3, 2022
• Australia: Autumn 2022
• Canada: Fall 2022
• Spain (in Catalonia also in Catalan): November 4, 2022
• United States of America: Fall 2022
• Ireland: Autumn 2022
• Italy: Autumn 2022
• New Zealand: Autumn 2022
• United Kingdom: Autumn 2022
• India: No date

One Piece Movie: Red Trailer

If you were wondering if there's a trailer for One Piece Film: Red, we have good news for you: there isn't one, but three. The first one was released on April 13, 2022:

A second trailer was released on June 8, 2022:

And a third and final trailer was released on July 26, 2022:

These three trailers gave us a good look at the film and revealed what we can expect from the style, story, and characters involved.

One Piece Movie: Red Plot

Since the film is a completely original story and we will not be adapting any published material, we don't know much about the plot, except for what was revealed in the first trailer.

As revealed in the first trailer, the plot will involve Shanks, whose distinctive scar is seen on the "D" in the film's title logo, as well as during the trailer's final scene.

A new female character will also appear in the film, which Oda says is a departure from the older male characters who have played villains in four of the last five films. The teaser poster shows the woman, who appears to be a Sky Island resident, in a strange costume, while the trailer confirms that she will indeed be the film's villain.

One Piece Movie: Red Voice in English

At the moment, we don't know much about the film's English voice cast, except for what we usually know about One Piece voice actors. We know that the anime's voice actors will reprise their roles in the film, but it's unclear who will provide the remaining voices. We'll update this article as soon as more information becomes available. As for returning voice actors, we assume we'll see these actors: